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Author Saliba, George.

Title Islamic science and the making of the European Renaissance [electronic resource] / George Saliba.

Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2007.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xi, 315 p. : ill.
Series Transformations
Transformations (M.I.T. Press)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-305) and index.
Contents The Islamic scientific tradition : question of beginnings I -- The Islamic scientific tradition : question of beginnings II -- Encounter with the Greek scientific tradition -- Islamic astronomy defines itself : the critical innovations -- Science between philosophy and religion : the case of astronomy -- Islamic science and Renaissance Europe : the Copernican connection -- Age of decline : the fecundity of astronomical thought.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Science -- Islamic countries -- History.
Islam and science.
Science, Medieval.
Civilization, Western -- Islamic influences.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0262195577 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780262195577 (hardcover : alk. paper)

 
    
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